[Goanet] Book Launch of of 'A Railway Runs Through: Goans of British East Africa, 1865 - 1980'

2014-03-30 Thread Eddie Fernandes 
 The Goan Association (U.K) is pleased to invite you to the book launch of
'A Railway Runs Through: Goans of British East Africa, 1865 – 1980.' The
book is the outcome of the three-year 'Histories of British-Goans Project'
and forms a unique record of our history. The launch will take place at 1:30
pm on Saturday May 3, 2014 at the following address: 
Sterling Suite, HSBC Sports and Social Club. 
Lennard Road, 
Beckenham, 
Kent, BR3 1QW

Ample parking available. For those travelling by rail, the New Beckenham BR
station (Travelcard Zone 4) is adjacent to this club. Refreshments will be
served at the event. Please confirm your attendance to 
lescarval...@yahoo.com  indicating the names of those in your party. Thanks
to a generous grant by the Heritage Lottery Fund, 100 copies of this book
will be available for distribution, free of charge, on this day (restricted
to one copy per family) on a first come, first serve basis.
For details please check Goan Voice events listing at:
http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/events.php 
 
For a peek at the book cover see:
http://www.britishgoanproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/A-Railway-runs-
through-Cover-Final.pdf 

Tony Fernandes will be selling Goa-related books such as Peter Nazareth’s
‘The General is Up’ and Braz Menezes’ Just Matata. Do come along for a great
family day out.

Eddie Fernandes

Re: [Goanet] Book Launch of of 'A Railway Runs Through: Goans of British East Africa, 1865 - 1980'

2014-03-30 Thread Venantius J Pinto 
Dear Eddie,

Congratulations on the launch of, 'A Railway Runs Through:...

My father would have been please to know about this book, and
certainly what I would have told him about it in Konkani!

I would appreciate being considered to make drawings on Goan/Goa
related subjects; on projects where drawings would better serve/convey
meaning/be more meaningful rather than photographs, or when there are
no photographs depicting certain specifics in time, of place, existing
in form and so forth. References though, even of a tangential nature
can be of great assistance towards shaping particular pasts.

I believe there are East African Goan artists; hence my shout out is
in no way disrespectful to them, but an open statement of interest.

Thank you,

Venantus J Pinto